on not cooking the holiday
November 24th, 2009
This will be the first year since we’ve lived in New York, and I think only the second or third year in the past 9, that I haven’t either hosted Thanksgiving at my house, with friends (and sometimes family), or gone to a local friends apartment and participated fully in the cooking. I can’t tell if I’m happy to have the year off, not having to worry about the purchasing, prepping and cooking of the butter-ific feast, or sad because I feel like some personal traditions that have started to emerge with me and the hubs are going to be sidelined this year.
What I do know is how grateful I am to be able to be really spending the holidays with my extended families this year–Thanksgiving with my family up in New England, with all my cousins kids running around and being cute, and then Christmas out in Seattle with Dave’s family, with his brothers and all of our lovely friends we left behind when coming back east. Due to irritating crappy vacation policies at our former jobs, we’ve sort of been trapped in the city for the holidays, making the best of it and creating good times, family portraits and traditions with friends. This year is going to be so strange, with all the family, but awesome. Even the NYC->New England traffic can’t get me down!
Anyhow, I’m hoping I can convince my aunt to let me make the mashed potatoes on Thursday, since my recipe is insanely delicious (um, butter, cream & sour cream, anyone?!?). I need some sort of traditional Lianides-Osterbeck T-day dish in there. And you KNOW I’m bringing a nice, crappy, jelled can of cranberry sauce for myself, too. That stuff is like crack.
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3 Comments
1. eliza | November 25th, 2009 at 8:19 am
dude, i love the canned cranberry garbage. it’s like candy for your turkey!
2. powkang | November 25th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
haha! i like it too, but i also love making fresh cranberry sauce. harry is bringing a can for himself and whoever else wants to have it (which will probably include me for a little wedge… i need the variety).
3. taigagrrl | December 2nd, 2009 at 5:24 am
My best friend keeps a full case on hand at all times. You never know when you might get a craving!